• Know Your Rights & Best Practices for K-12 Educators

    Zoom (We will send link when you register)

    This training is intended for those working in Massachusetts K-12 schools, including teachers, counselors, administrators. It will cover basic Know Your Rights information, rights in interactions with immigration enforcement, family preparedness, and where to get legal help. We will review guidance to K-12 schools issued by the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office and review best practices […]

  • BASIC Community Engagement & Call to Action Event

    Berkshire Innovation Center 45 Woodlawn Avenue, Pittsfield, MA, United States

    Link to register. Link to event schedule. This event’s purpose is to inform the public about what immigrants are currently experiencing under our current administration and to provide information on how the public can be proactive. The event will commence with a welcome address from Ilana Steinhauer (Executive Director, Volunteers in Medicine/BASIC Co-founder) and Melissa […]

    FREE
  • “Sabrina” (1954)

    Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA

    Audrey Hepburn plays the titular role in the romantic comedy-drama “Sabrina,” by celebrated director Billy Wilder. Returning from studying abroad, Sabrina catches the attention of her longtime crush David (William Holden). David’s brother Linus (Humphrey Bogart) worries the romance will interfere with a pre-planned family business-related union. (PG, 1h 53min.)

    $8
  • Shakespeare & Company Free Community Day

    Shakespeare & Company 70 Kemble Street, Lenox, MA

    Shakespeare & Company will hold its second-annual free Community Day on Saturday, May 24 from 11 am – 4 pm, Memorial Day Weekend! This event features live demonstrations and performances, scavenger hunts, film screenings, food trucks with lunches and snacks for purchase, and dozens of other local nonprofits sharing the many ways we all serve […]

    Free
  • Tinker Tots

    Tinker Tots
    Berkshire Athenaeum 1 Wendell Avenue, Pittsfield, MA

    Come tinker and explore with the library and Pittsfield's CFCE! Each week children ages 0-2 (siblings welcome) and their caregivers engage in child-centered play, art, music, storytime, and sensory activities to encourage social, fine and gross motor, and pre-literacy skills. ¡Venga a jugar y explorar con la biblioteca y el CFCE de Pittsfield! Cada semana, […]

    Free
  • Tinker Tots

    Tinker Tots
    Berkshire Athenaeum 1 Wendell Avenue, Pittsfield, MA

    Come tinker and explore with the library and Pittsfield's CFCE! Each week children ages 0-2 (siblings welcome) and their caregivers engage in child-centered play, art, music, storytime, and sensory activities to encourage social, fine and gross motor, and pre-literacy skills. ¡Venga a jugar y explorar con la biblioteca y el CFCE de Pittsfield! Cada semana, […]

    Free
  • 100 Years of Movies: “The Philadelphia Story” (1940)

    Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA

    George Cukor’s classic comedy “The Philadelphia Story” stars Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, and James Stewart in a romantic romp about marriage and high society. The film marked Katharine Hepburn’s box office breakthrough, and earned two Oscars – Best Actor (Stewart) and Best Adapted Screenplay. (Not rated, 1h 52min.) Following last year’s success, the Mahaiwe will continue its […]

    $8
  • Met Opera Live in HD: Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia”

    Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA

    Russian mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina headlines a winning ensemble as the feisty heroine, Rosina, alongside American tenor Jack Swanson, in his Met debut, as her secret beloved, CountAlmaviva. Moldovan baritone Andrey Zhilikhovsky stars as Figaro, the ingenious barber of Seville, with Hungarian bass-8 baritone Peter Kálmán as Dr. Bartolo and Russian bass Alexander Vinogradov as Don […]

    $25
  • Tinker Tots

    Tinker Tots
    Berkshire Athenaeum 1 Wendell Avenue, Pittsfield, MA

    Come tinker and explore with the library and Pittsfield's CFCE! Each week children ages 0-2 (siblings welcome) and their caregivers engage in child-centered play, art, music, storytime, and sensory activities to encourage social, fine and gross motor, and pre-literacy skills. ¡Venga a jugar y explorar con la biblioteca y el CFCE de Pittsfield! Cada semana, […]

    Free
  • London’s National Theatre in HD: “A Streetcar Named Desire”

    Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA

    Gillian Anderson (“Sex Education”), Vanessa Kirby (“The Crown”), and Ben Foster (“Lone Survivor”) lead the cast in Tennessee Williams’ timeless masterpiece. As Blanche’s fragile world crumbles, she turns to her sister Stella for solace – but her downward spiral brings her face to face with the brutal, unforgiving Stanley Kowalski. From visionary director Benedict Andrews, this acclaimed […]

    $17
  • 🌿 BOTANICAL INK MAKING WORKSHOP 🌿

    🌿 BOTANICAL INK MAKING WORKSHOP 🌿 Spend the day on-farm: inspired, connected, and grounded Join us at Farm & Field, a 200 acre working farm in the Hudson Valley for a special one-day workshop on Saturday, June 14th for Botanical Ink Making. We’ll gather plants and flowers from the fields and garden, learn how to […]

  • Norman Rockwell Museum: Summer Saturdays for Families

    Norman Rockwell Museum 9 Glendale Road Route 183, Stockbridge, MA, United States

    June 14 @ 11:00 am EDT - 3:00 pm EDT Join us for fun and interactive programming inspired by the art of Norman Rockwell and Walter Wick, creator of the I Spy books for children. Try your hand at making art inspired by these beloved illustrators.  You’ll want to return again and again with a variety of fun and […]

We welcome your events! 

This calendar is only for events that are free or low-cost and welcoming to the immigrant community. If you have questions about whether your event fits this description, please feel free to contact us.

You may add an event to our calendar by using the form here.

Please note that all new event submissions will be subject to approval by BASIC. We cannot guarantee that because an event has been submitted, it will be approved.